Rudderpost Films is a new company dedicated to bringing high quality, independently produced feature film and television entertainment to the marketplace. Our production team brings a unique blend of talent and experience to a wide variety of projects, several of which are currently in production or development.
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PRINCIPALS:
C. Mark DeGaetani - President / Writer / Producer / Director
Mark was born in Manhattan, the son of renowned mezzo soprano Jan DeGaetani. He began acting in junior high school and soon thereafter discovered an affinity for the written word. Author of fifteen short stories and eight screenplays, Mark is the creative force behind the production efforts at Rudderpost Films. He has produced/directed several television commercials and a documentary, and he has just released his debut award winning horror short, The Dollhouse, which he wrote, produced, and directed.
The Dollhouse was an Official Selection of the 2007 Terror Film Festival, where child phenom Christina Barlas (just six years old) won "Best Actress" for her remarkable performance as Lilly White. The Dollhouse was also screened as a finalist in the "Best Horror Mini Short" award category at the ShockerFest International Film Festival 2007, where Ms. Barlas also won the "Rising Star" award. Additionally, The Dollhouse was an Official Selection at the Atlanta Horror Fest 2007, the Spooky Movie Film Festival 2007, the Sacramento Horror Film Festival 2007, the Thriller! Chiller! Film Festival 2007, and the Audience Choice Awards Film Festival 2007.
Catherine Hardwicke (Thirteen, Lords of Dogtown) has recently attached to direct Mark's feature screenplay, SHADES OF GREY. Marty Katz (Titanic, Reindeer Games, Imposter, The Four Feathers, The Great Raid) is producing. This project is currently financing and is expected to go into production in 2008.
Contact Mark at: mark@rudderpostfilms.com
View Mark's IMDB details at www.imdb.com/name/nm2392194/
Two of Mark's other screenplays (Dead Wreckoning, Gettin' Over) are currently in development, and he is expected to make his feature directorial debut next year with the legal thriller, RELEVANT CONDUCT.
Tom Paul - Vice President / Executive
Beginning his career as a boom operator in 1990, Tom has since worked as a location sound recordist, production sound mixer, supervising sound editor, foley mixer, composer, sound designer, and sound re-recording mixer. He has developed into one of the most highly sought after sound designers and re-recording mixers in the New York independent film scene. Tom has compiled an impressive list of
over 60 credits including:
Hounddog
The Baxter
Born into Brothels (won Oscar - best feature documentary 2005)
The Fog of War (won Oscar - best feature documentary 2004)
Little Odessa
The Yards
Palindromes
Junebug
The King
No Way Home
Eat Drink Man Woman
Orfeu
Contact Tom at: tom@rudderpostfilms.com
View Tom's IMDB details at http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0667019/
Mark and Tom grew up together and have been close friends since early childhood.
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AFFILIATED TALENT:
Barry Stone
Barry has worked in all aspects of theatre, film, and television over the last twenty five years. He has professional credits as an actor, director, producer, and editor in both film and television, and he has established himself as one of the finest cinematographers in the independent film scene today.
Barry's credits as a cinematographer span an impressive forty-seven episodes of series television, numerous commercials, and twenty-one feature films, most notably:
Triggerman
Hollywood North
Lie With Me
Mouth to Mouth
Tweek City
Cherish
Youthanasia
Pale Saints
Paris France
Rude
Dumbarton Bridge
The Perfect Son
Dream With The Fishes
Contact Barry at misterbarryman@juno.com
View Barry's IMDB details at: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002420/
View Barry's reel at: www.barrystonecsc.com
Barry was Co-Producer and Cinematographer on Rudderpost's, THE DOLLHOUSE, and we look foward to more of his imaginative and creative work on several of our upcoming feature film projects.
holly paige joyner
Holly
began her film career over 10 years ago, producing and directing music videos for such artists as Mary J. Blige, P. Diddy, Mariah Carey and US3. She then turned her focus to commercials, directing numerous spots and award wining PSA's.
PACK STRAP SWALLOW is Holly's debut feature documentary film about a diverse group of American and European women currently incarcerated in Quito, Ecuador for drug trafficking. The audience is allowed a unique window into the lives of these women through the filmmaker's POV gained by unprecedented access that allowed her to live inside the prison with her subjects for 6 weeks of uncensored filming. PACK STRAP SWALLOW premieres on The Sundance Channel in March of 2006.
THE MARIONETTE is Holly Paige Joyner's award winning debut thriller short film. It has been described as "crawl-under-the-seat-shut-your-eyes-and-try-to-forget-what-you've-seen horror."
Contact Holly at: hollypaigejoyner@hotmail.com
View Holly's IMDB details at http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1888578/
Holly is an important addition to the team at Rudderpost Films. She and Mark are currently collaborating on the upcoming horror feature, DEAD WRECKONING, which Holly is expected to direct in early 2008.
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THE CREW:
Jonathan Gibbs: Camera / Editor
Jonathan
began his career in film as a camera operator and editor. He has produced several episodes of a local Washington, DC cable television program, and has since gone on to produce a variety of DC area Hip-Hop Music Videos.
Contact Jonathan at: jinmastersgod@hotmail.com
View Jonathan's IMDB details at http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2392740/
Ephraim Ocampo: Graphics / Web-Design / Editor
Ephraim is a graduate of the Art Institute of Washington. He is accomplished in Web-design, marketing/promotions, and graphics. He is a budding editor who hopes to one day become a film director.
Contact Ephraim at: mike.ocampo@gmail.com
View Ephraim's IMDB details at http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2740715/
Bob Pierre: Art Design / Graphics / Storyboard Artist / Posters
Bob was born in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti. He was drawing before he could write and has won several art contests. Bob is an accomplished graphic designer whose unique and stylized designs are certain to be familiar to all New Yorkers in the years to come. Bob has written three screenplays and aspires to film directing.
Contact Bob at: bones747@hotmail.com
over 60 credits including:
Hounddog
The Baxter
Born into Brothels (won Oscar - best feature documentary 2005)
The Fog of War (won Oscar - best feature documentary 2004)
Little Odessa
The Yards
Palindromes
Junebug
The King
No Way Home
Eat Drink Man Woman
Orfeu
Contact Tom at: tom@rudderpostfilms.com
View Tom's IMDB details at http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0667019/
Mark and Tom grew up together and have been close friends since early childhood.
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AFFILIATED TALENT:
Barry Stone
Barry has worked in all aspects of theatre, film, and television over the last twenty five years. He has professional credits as an actor, director, producer, and editor in both film and television, and he has established himself as one of the finest cinematographers in the independent film scene today.Barry's credits as a cinematographer span an impressive forty-seven episodes of series television, numerous commercials, and twenty-one feature films, most notably:
Triggerman
Hollywood North
Lie With Me
Mouth to Mouth
Tweek City
Cherish
Youthanasia
Pale Saints
Paris France
Rude
Dumbarton Bridge
The Perfect Son
Dream With The Fishes
Contact Barry at misterbarryman@juno.com
View Barry's IMDB details at: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002420/
View Barry's reel at: www.barrystonecsc.com
Barry was Co-Producer and Cinematographer on Rudderpost's, THE DOLLHOUSE, and we look foward to more of his imaginative and creative work on several of our upcoming feature film projects.
holly paige joyner
Holly began her film career over 10 years ago, producing and directing music videos for such artists as Mary J. Blige, P. Diddy, Mariah Carey and US3. She then turned her focus to commercials, directing numerous spots and award wining PSA's.PACK STRAP SWALLOW is Holly's debut feature documentary film about a diverse group of American and European women currently incarcerated in Quito, Ecuador for drug trafficking. The audience is allowed a unique window into the lives of these women through the filmmaker's POV gained by unprecedented access that allowed her to live inside the prison with her subjects for 6 weeks of uncensored filming. PACK STRAP SWALLOW premieres on The Sundance Channel in March of 2006.
THE MARIONETTE is Holly Paige Joyner's award winning debut thriller short film. It has been described as "crawl-under-the-seat-shut-your-eyes-and-try-to-forget-what-you've-seen horror."
Contact Holly at: hollypaigejoyner@hotmail.com
View Holly's IMDB details at http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1888578/
Holly is an important addition to the team at Rudderpost Films. She and Mark are currently collaborating on the upcoming horror feature, DEAD WRECKONING, which Holly is expected to direct in early 2008.
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THE CREW:
Jonathan Gibbs: Camera / Editor
Jonathan began his career in film as a camera operator and editor. He has produced several episodes of a local Washington, DC cable television program, and has since gone on to produce a variety of DC area Hip-Hop Music Videos.Contact Jonathan at: jinmastersgod@hotmail.com
View Jonathan's IMDB details at http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2392740/
Ephraim Ocampo: Graphics / Web-Design / Editor
Ephraim is a graduate of the Art Institute of Washington. He is accomplished in Web-design, marketing/promotions, and graphics. He is a budding editor who hopes to one day become a film director.Contact Ephraim at: mike.ocampo@gmail.com
View Ephraim's IMDB details at http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2740715/
Bob Pierre: Art Design / Graphics / Storyboard Artist / Posters
Bob was born in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti. He was drawing before he could write and has won several art contests. Bob is an accomplished graphic designer whose unique and stylized designs are certain to be familiar to all New Yorkers in the years to come. Bob has written three screenplays and aspires to film directing.Contact Bob at: bones747@hotmail.com